Jewel setting



J. W. MAYER.

JEWEL SETTING.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 18, 1922.

1,485,936. Patented Nov. 21, 1922.

ATTORNEY Patented lion. El, 1922.

PATENT @FFHQE.

JOSHUA W. MAYER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

JEVJEL SETTING.

Application filed February 18, 1922.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSHUA V MAYER, a resident of New York city, countyand State of New York, and a citizen of the United States of America,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Jewel Settings, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in settings for jewels, one ofthe objects being to provide a firm setting to retain jewels. Myimprovement is applicable to rings, bracelets or any article ofadornment haviu or carrying jewels. One of the mam deficiencies of thepresent day settings is that they often break down during the operationof placing the jewels therein. My im proved setting is designed towithstand treatment incidental to the setting operations. In otherwords, an operator need not exercise as much care to set jewels in myimproved setting as is required when setting jewels in settings nowcommonly used.

ll will now proceed to describe my invention in detail, the novelfeatures of which I will point out in the appended claims, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing, forming part hereof, wherein Fig.1 is a sectional view, illustrating my improvement as applied to a ring;

' Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the top-plate of the setting;

F 3 is a bottom plan view thereof; and

Fig. 4; is a top plan view illustrating (in this instance) the prongscarried by a ring to engage and support the top plate.

'i y improved setting is comprised of a top plate 5 having an opening 6to receive a jewel. The under side of the plate 5 is provided with aplurality of recesses or Serial No. 537,395.

grooves 7 to receive prongs 8 with which the ring in this instance isprovided, a portion of a ring being indicated by 9. Any element, such asa ring, bracelet, or the like, will be provided with an opening, such asindicated by 10, into which the said prongs extend. In this instance,the prongs are radially disposed. The top plate 5 which holds the jewelwill be placed upon the prongs 8, and will be supported thereby andprevented from being forced through the opening 10. The prongs andtop-plate will be soldered or otherwise secured together. The prongsalso hold the plate against rotation. tened to the prongs or projections8, it will be firmly held in position and cannot be easily removied. Anypressure imposed upon the top-plate, while setting a jewel, will bewithstood by the prongs or projections 8, which are preferably madeintegral with the support for the top plate.

What I desire to secure by Letters Patent 1s:

1. A support for a jewel having an opening, projections extendingradially into said opening, and a top plate to hold a jewel havingradially disposed recesses in the bottom thereof, to receive saidprojections, said projections being soldered to said plate.

2. A. support for a jewel, the support comprising an open frame havingprojections extending inwardly therefrom, and a top plate to hold ajewel, the top plate having grooves in its bottom extending inwardlyfrom the periphery of the plate and engaging said projections, thelatter being integral with the frame.

JOSHUA W. MAYER.

After the top-plate 5 has been fas-

